I am soooooo dumb.....

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
March 28, 2012 8:26am CST
So ever since I can't get here during the day, I haven't made payout. I get on when I can, few cents here, few cents there. But I'm finally getting close to the elusive $10. But I'm thinking $9.45, naaahhh. This may not be the month. And then last night I got online and got all excited. $9.54. That's only 6 cents away, right? Well if money was like time, you know, 60 minutes to an hour, 60 cents to a dollar, it would be. Huge laugh at myself and my mathematical brain farts. Moving on.... Does your brain play tricks on you like that?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
28 Mar 12
So the moral of this story is that we've got to keep you taklking today eh? Earnings have not updated yet so you might be closer than you think but if you get your fingers busy over the next fiour days, including today, then this will be the big one By the way, I had to read that three times before I found the mistake and I'm now wondering if brain farts are contagious?
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@TheIzers (680)
28 Mar 12
Better keep running before it gets to you..LOL .. But I am willing to stay for little bit longer, kind of curious how that kind of farts sound...haha...
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
28 Mar 12
I would be more concerned about the aroma, especially in a crowded room like the one where we are in here
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
28 Mar 12
p.s. they updated right now - still four days left though
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@smacksman (6053)
28 Mar 12
Oh tell me about it! Thank God there is at least one person out there who does the same! haha The real cruncher comes when you are sooo close to payday and then Mylot whittles off a few cents at the end of the month when they do their housekeeping. Then you may be left with $9.99. Aaaargh! The one great thing is that at least we know that we will be paid without fail when we reach our target. Not something that can be said with confidence with many other sites online.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
Which is why I'd be much happier to be at $10.05 than just $10. lol
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
8 Apr 12
Well, you to me spoke, to be able to take the payout of $ 10 per month. Frankly speaking, still do not know how you can make you so active in order to get those $ 10 every month. However, on my most heartfelt congratulations. You calculate that I get here on Mylot, more or less the average of 10-15 cents / day and doing short accounts, can I CO 1 time every 3 months. But after all, Im also so happy!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Apr 12
You have to spend hours per day to make the $10 per month!
• China
5 Apr 12
Over here ,we call it " smart as a rule,but this time a fool".It is small wonder that you did it.That frequently happens to me,because I am bad at mental arithmetic.More so since I had a calculator.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
even with a calculator I sometimes mess up
• China
9 Apr 12
Maybe you seldom go about calculation.
• United States
28 Mar 12
Yes all the time. You are lucky you can talk about it. There are times my brain farts are so severe I forget how to talk.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Mar 12
Hm I don't think that ever happens to me. I forget...
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@verolop29 (1096)
• United States
10 Apr 12
unless a dr prescribed u legally dumb than that dr needs to be mentally checked! sure we do dumb and stupid things but there is a fine line drawn between being that and doing dumb things. im sure we members here at MyLott are just like u and some arnt, u just gotta remember to write write write! or type type type i should say! happy typing!!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Apr 12
you can be prescribed legally dumb? lol
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
3 Apr 12
LOL. Never a dull moment with the kinds of brains we have!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
yes I think there's a little imp in there that likes to play tricks!
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
7 Apr 12
Oh Dawn...a huge thank you!! I thought it must be me and that I was going senile. I can look at something like that a wonder for ages why it is wrong and it's only when I walk away and come back that I realise what a stoopid iriot I am.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
iriot? I like that word. I think I'm going to make up a definition for it!
@AmbiePam (94045)
• United States
1 Apr 12
Thank you for that laugh, Dawn. It was a good one! My brain did a number on me yesterday. I looked down at a get well car sitting on my computer desk. I thought there were cucumber slices over the dog's eyes. No, I looked again and it was two dimes I had accidentally set there.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
"get well car".. I had to think about that one for a minute!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Mar 12
very much so and the kids let me know it. but worse is sometimes they say it is when it isnt tricking me but thats young people for you. anyway, i know what you mean. every month i say, oh im making it this time then something always knocks me back down just below the 10 bucks.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
Hint: don't reply to discussions titled "what is your favorite color"... lol
@much2say (56142)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Mar 12
Brain fart . . . ha ha!! Yep, sometimes that brain gets kinda clogged, eh? I'm getting close to payout too - finally. I did well at the beginning of the year, but then life started to take over again . . . so now I'm putt putt putting my way towards that ten. I'm so close but suspect I won't be hitting it til next month - maybe. I don't know why I can't think of any examples at the moment, but for sure I get those brain farts all the time - though most of the time I call it mommy brain.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
did we make it?
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
3 Apr 12
Although I always do 'math-gymnastics' (term from an educational video my kids have) on my head, I still can't help making brain farts sometimes. May issues are when a point appears before the numbers. And I've been known to add .600 to .540 to round up to 1. Not good when dealing with precision inspection equipment.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
or aircraft parts...
• United States
5 Apr 12
Trust me don't feel bad, I have been the same way lately. Lately it seems I don't have any time to myself let alone log on mylot like I used. For the last two or three months I have been saying to myself this month I will challenge myself and put in some extra effort to do my payout, when the end of the month comes I say to myself oh well maybe next time. But hopefully this month I will get my payout, I will continue to keep my fingers cross. God knows we need every little money we can get our hands on. LOL
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
Oh well, I can always blame it on age.
@sswallace21 (1824)
• United States
29 Mar 12
I have brain farts all the time. I don't get math brain farts though. It's usually spelling. Sad thing is I'm a great speller. Unfortunately, I think it's age and I will only be getting worse. Not good. I now know why my mom was so forgetful. Best Wishes!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
I don't usually get them with spelling, but once in a while I will look at a word that's spelled correctly, and it will just look WRONG!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
29 Mar 12
LOL! I am sure I've done that once or twice.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
I do it all the time with one thing or another!
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
29 Mar 12
Hey dawyn! Math is definitely not my thing! I have also been taking months to get to $10 and am at $9.45! And I still wonder if this will be the month? I don't start discussions so it may still take another month at the rate I'm going. My brain??????
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
are we there yet?
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
29 Mar 12
i am near to that amount too dawn! it is crazy! but then i guess it is possible if i keep on talking here..keep on posting this day and then i might just make it to that elusive 10!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
so, whaddya wanna talk about? Oh wait, we've already missed it. lol
@vandana7 (100616)
• India
29 Mar 12
Yeah mine too does that several times. :) I kick myself and hate admitting it..lol. And yesterday I responded to your other discussion but mylot had other plans..see how bad it can get..lol
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
The one about the hair color?
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
29 Mar 12
I am here on myLot for interaction and the fun of it. Nothing to do about it. Two payouts in three years, that is all what I have gained. I will be retiring from my regular job next month, because of some medical issues and maybe then I will think of what I get here as a earning. If it were not for the compulsion of day, night and seasons, the time would have been in metric. The regularity of these brought the astronomers to a figure of slightly above 365 days a year,365.242199 days to be exact. This became a mathematical problem for computation, so it was decided that 365 would be the figure and a leap year, once in four years, could cover the error of 0.242199 days. That fairly standardized the time frame as we know today. If money were to follow the time model, it would be fair, not bad I suppose, but then the English came up with a more intricate and confusing model of money. A penny, tuppence, a sixpence, a shilling, a crown and a pound that would have only 96 pence in it. That was in practice till the decimal coinage came about. Miles and yards, foot and inches still practiced, even at your place, perhaps out of nostalgia of the days when one could be obstinate because of the power one had. My brain playing tricks on me? No! It is too heavily weighed down by all the technical nonsense to rise above my heels, perish the thought of a flight of fancy.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
English money gives me a headache.
@ymike50 (14)
• Canada
29 Mar 12
yaaa its a good subject my brain does aleay that to me its like when i but something 299,99 i think its 200 but its 300 LOLL
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Apr 12
they WANT you to think that!!!